Ezekiel 20:22

But I did not do that [IDM]. Again, for the sake of my own reputation, I decided to do something in order that I would not be dishonored/despised by the people of the nations who had seen it when I brought my people out of Egypt.

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

Nevertheless I withdrew mine hand, and wrought for my name’s sake, that it should not be polluted in the sight of the heathen, in whose sight I brought them forth.

In Context

21But their children also rebelled against me. They did not carefully obey my laws [DOU], even though the people who obey them will live for a long time; and they profaned the Sabbath days. So again I said that by getting rid of them in the desert, I would show that I was very angry with them.

23I lifted up my hand and solemnly declared to them in the desert that I would cause them to be scattered among many nations [DOU],

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Cross References

Job 13:21The first thing that I request is that you stop punishing [IDM] me; and the second thing that I request is that you stop causing me to be very terrified.

Psalms 78:38But God was merciful to his people. He forgave them for having sinned and did not get rid of them. Many times he refrained from becoming angry with them and restrained from furiously/severely punishing them [MTY].

Psalms 115:1Yahweh, people should praise only you [MTY]; they must praise you, not us, because you faithfully love us and always do what you have promised to do.

Jeremiah 14:7The people say, “Yahweh, we have turned away from you and sinned many times, and now we know that we are being punished because of our sins, but please help us in order that everyone can see that you are very great [MTY].

Lamentations 2:8Yahweh was determined to cause the walls of our city [MTY] to be torn down. It was as though he measured the walls and then he completely destroyed [MTY] them. It was as though he caused the towers and walls to lament/weep, because they were now ruins.

Ezekiel 20:14But again, for the sake of my own reputation, I decided to do something else in order that I would not be dishonored/despised by the people of the nations who had seen me bring my people out of Egypt.

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 20:11-27

The Privileges and Sins of Israel. ( b. c. 592.) 10 Wherefore I caused them to go forth out of the land of Egypt, and brought them into the wilderness. 11 And I gave them my statutes, and shewed them my judgments, which if a man do, he shall even live in them. 12 Moreover also I gave them my sabbaths, to be a sign between me and them, that they might know that I am the Lord that sanctify them. 13 But the house of Israel rebelled against me in the wilderness: they walked not in my statutes, and they despised my… Read the whole commentary →

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